The Girl Next Door

Chapter 0

Alexis Pov

My nice cozy bed no bothers no worries nothing on my mind.

Beep Beep Beep.

I wake to my horrible alarm that reminds me I have one week left till school start again.

"Alex, come down we have some things to talk about."

"Okay." God, what needs to be talked about this early? Why did I wake up this early? I look over to my alarm clock seeing 7:00 am and regret setting it already.

I put on my robe and slip my slippers on and head downstairs.

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When I'm on the last step I hear my father and stepmother talking about me which is never good. The last time they did that it was about how bad my grades were and that did not go over well.

"What?"

"Don't talk to me with that attitude young lady. watch your mouth." The wicked witch said.

"Then don't talk to me at all."

"David, do you see the way she acts? I'm telling you we made the right choice."

"What choice?"

"We're all moving, and it's to a nice town called Hallows creek. And before you ask yes, I managed to a find job there and no you don't have a say in this." my dad say.

"ARE YOU SERIOUS I HAVE A LIFE HERE!"

"And what life is that Alex drinking and skipping school and misbehaving? Think of this as a redo nobody knows you there and you can start fresh. And maybe even make some friends, you never had any friends before, it could be new." my dad stresses.

"Yeah, thanks a lot for reminding me of that it makes me feel a lot better. You know what I'm going to stay in my room until Summer is over."

I turn and walk back into my room thinking that this is the worst thing that could happen. First my mom dies two years ago then he remarried a year later and moved this horrid woman into my mom's house and now we won't even have the house anymore.

I sit down and curl up into a ball and cry, something I haven't done in a long time.

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A little later I go down to my dad's room to talk to him.

"Dad?" I say as I walking into his room.

"Yes Alex"

"I'm sorry for maybe being a little rude earlier. I have some questions about the move."

"Ask away honey." He says while moving and sitting down next to me.

"Are we keeping the house and just moving? Did the evil witch put you up to this? And are you happy were moving?

"We are keeping the house. No, she did not put me up to this. And I am happy were moving." He speaks.

"I think me and you are sort of stuck here. And I don't think it's doing well for us, I think we needed change of scenery and to not completely leave this version of the world behind but to make another one." When my dad says this, I turn away but still listen.

"I know this will be hard for you because this house and place reminds you of your mother, but you don't need this house to have her with you. Because your memories and the little trinkets she used to give you will hold so much more than this house. I'm doing this to help us, to help you." When I turn to look at him, I see tears in his eyes.

I break down sobbing into my dad arms "I just miss her so much. It feels like when she died a little part of me died to."

"I know it happened with me to but then I found happiness again and I'm hoping this move will do that for you too."